March, 2013 Newsletter - Loyola Jesuit College

Mr. Peter Onunkwor, an Agricultural Science teacher, attends to a parentduring the Open DayThe College has set aside a day in anacademic session, other than the usualvisiting days, where parents andguardians would have a formal but personalinteractions with subject teachers,class teachers, student life staff andthe counsellors. That day is thus calledan 'OPEN DAY'. The first ‘Open Day’held last year. The second of such a dayin the history of the College came upon Sunday, February 17, 2013 at theschool's QUADRANGLE.Prior to the day, planning and preparationtook several days. The Vice PrincipalAcademics, who co-ordinated theevent, gave detailed instructions to allsubject teachers, class teachers and student-lifestaff on the importance and thegoals of the event. She also carefully spelt out the procedure to be followed during the event. With thegoals and logistics well articulated, we, the teachers, eagerly anticipated the day.When February 17th finally arrived, the event was preceded by a Holy Mass in the school’s Chapel of theGood Samaritan. Before the Holy Mass, however, the classrooms’ Quadrangle, the venue of the event, worea beautiful look; Beautifully designed canopies were arranged and labeled faculty by faculty with each facultyhaving at least a canopy. Each canopy had seats and desks to accommodate teachers, parents and theirchildren. After the Mass, parents, guided by their children, moved to the Quadrangle to begin the ‘OpenDay’ activities.The laid down procedure ensured orderlinessand effectiveness. The procedureallowed parents to first interactwith their children’s class teacherswho released results to them. Thenthey proceeded to their children’s variousclassrooms where they had accessto their children’s lockers and perusedtheir wards notes/ exercise books andother related materials. Thereafter,they went into discussions with thevarious subject teachers about the performanceof their children in each subject.A number of the parents were impressedwith the students’ new lockersand desks. For a number of the parents,this would be the first time they wouldMs. Jennifer Gbemudu, a Computer Studies teacher, attends to a parentduring the Open Dayhave access to the students’ lockers in the classrooms. It was indeed holistic as nothing pertaining to thewelfare of their children was left untouched by the parents.Continued on the next page2